RUGBY VENUES
The various major rugby events in New Zealand are played at a range of venues in all the major towns and cities of New Zealand.
Major venues and towns are shown on the maps page.
Rugby World Cup venues have now been decided. 13 different cities will host the 48 games. Further information on these is on the Rugby World Cup venues page. A full list of the RWC games is on the Rugby World Cup Games Schedule page
Here are the main venues for any major New Zealand Rugby matches. The number of Rugby World cup games they will host is in brackets) are:
Main North Island Venues (north to South approx):
- Northland Events Centre, Whangarei (2 RWC games)
- North Harbour Stadium, Albany, Auckland (3 RWC games)
- Eden Park, Auckland (9 RWC games)
- Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
- Waikato Stadium, Hamilton (3 RWC games)
- Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua (3 RWC games)
- Baypark Stadium, Tauranga
- McLean Park, Napier (2 RWC games)
- Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth (Stadium Taranaki)(3 RWC games)
- Westpac Stadium, Wellington (Stadium Wellington) (7 RWC games)
- Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North (2 RWC games)
- Trafalgar Park, Nelson (2 RWC games)
- AMI Stadium, Christchurch (Stadium Christchurch)(7 RWC games)
- Carisbrook Stadium, Dunedin (3 RWC games)
- Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill (2 RWC games)
International matches are usually held in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin or Hamilton. Eden Park in Auckland will host the most Rugby World Cup games. All stadiums hosting RWC games will lose their corporate branding during the Rugby World Cup (RWC name in brackets above).
Heartland Rugby matches are held in many of the smaller towns of New Zealand - taking rugby to the grassroots!
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